1.
USPS is informed
of COVID-19
positive
employee
Other notification
Notify
District or
Area OHNA
District HR
Manager
Notify
District or
Area OHNA
District HR
Manager
Inform
National HR
National
Occupational
Health and
Medical
Services
Confirm
OHNA confirms
positive COVID-19
test
Confirmed
2.
Employee
develops
a fever and symptoms
such as a cough or
difficulty
breathing
Provide surgical mask
Send home
Advise/ seek medical
treatment
Leave according to Families
First Coronavirus Response
Act and ELM Sec. 513
If confirmed positive
COVID-19, Go to Step
One and follow COVID-19
Exposure Checklist and
Playbook. Employee stays
home on leave in
accordance with Families
First Coronavirus
Response Act
3.
Employee
has visited level 3
countries or on cruise
travel in past
14 days?
Stay home
(14 days)
Leave
according to
Families First
Coronavirus
Response Act
Yes
No
Did
employee later
show symptoms of
COVID-19?
Employee remains on
sick or annual leave
until cleared.
Yes
Yes
No
Return to work
Notify
District or Area
OHNA
District HR
Manager
5.
Employee
has been exposed,
outside of work,
to individual with
positive
COVID-19?
No
Notify
District or Area
OHNA; then
District or Area
OHNA contacts
Local Health
Department for
advice
Inform
OHNA
contacts
Local Health
Department
for advice
6.
Employee
has been exposed
to individual who was
exposed to individual
with positive
COVID-19?
Yes
Cleared to work
Yes
No
Follow COVID-19
Exposure
Checklist and
Playbook.
Employee stays
home on leave in
accordance with
Families First
Coronavirus
Response Act
CDC or Public
Health notification
Employee information is protected by the Privacy and Rehabilitation Act
and as such must be restricted to only those identified in this document.
COVID-19 – Initial Decision Tree April 1, 2020
Do you have a
federal agency
within your
facility?
No
Yes
District or Area
OHNA
communicates
findings with
respective
agencies’
medical
personnel
4.
Employee
shares household with an
individual with positive
COVID-19?
Yes
No
Employee stays
home on leave in
accordance with
Families First
Coronavirus
Response Act
Notify
District or Area
OHNA
District HR
Manager
Per CDC guidelines, employees exposed to (no COVID-
19 symptoms) individuals with potential exposures to
COVID-19 (such as in a household), i.e., “contacts of
contacts;” are not considered exposed.
*Stay at home (up to 14 days) until household member has had no fever for at least 72 hours (at least 3 full days of no
fever w/o the use of any fever-reducing medications) AND other symptoms have improved (for example, when cough or
shortness of breath has improved) AND at least 7 days have passed since COVID-19 symptoms first appeared.
Local Health Department reviews and orders
Quarantine = Leave in accordance with
Families First Coronavirus Response Act
No Quarantine = Employee returns to work
If Local Health Department does not review,
OHNA interviews employee to determine
Quarantine = Leave in accordance with
Families First Cornavirus Response Act
No Quarantine = Employee returns to work
